Senior OpenUSD Asset Pipeline Engineer

Applied Intuition; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale, California, is seeking a Senior Asset Pipeline Engineer. This role focuses on designing the pipeline for a large, versioned 3D asset library, utilizing OpenUSD architecture and simulation infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will have expertise in OpenUSD composition and experience with automated DCC-to-engine pipelines. You will collaborate across teams to ensure the pipeline meets production needs efficiently.

Qualifications

• Deep, practical OpenUSD composition expertise.
• Experience authoring and validating custom USD schemas.
• Strong UsdShade material expertise in authoring and converting material networks.

Responsibilities

• Design the OpenUSD schema for a large, versioned 3D asset library.
• Build automated pipelines that move assets across tools.
• Define automated validation gates to maintain asset integrity.

Skills

OpenUSD composition expertise

Automated pipeline development

UsdShade material expertise

Version control in Python

Tools

NVIDIA Omniverse / Isaac Sim

Houdini LOPs

Material Definition Language (MDL)

Job description

Applied Intuition in Sunnyvale, California, is seeking a Senior Asset Pipeline Engineer. This role focuses on designing the pipeline for a large, versioned 3D asset library, utilizing OpenUSD architecture and simulation infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will have expertise in OpenUSD composition and experience with automated DCC-to-engine pipelines. You will collaborate across teams to ensure the pipeline meets production needs efficiently.